Micah Lee
@micahflee.com
Doing what I can to keep activists, journalists, and researchers safe and productive — writing at https://micahflee.com — author of HACKS, LEAKS, AND REVELATIONS https://hacksandleaks.com — signal: micah.01
Meet with @micahflee.com at the No Starch Press booth for a book signing session of Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations! When: Saturday, August 8th at 11:00am Where: No Starch Press booth 1222 hacksandleaks.com 4/4
Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data by Micah Lee
Buy Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data by Micah Lee.
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Come watch @yaelwrites.com's talk for the Crypto & Privacy Village! Trust the Basics, But Know Their Limits: Where Standard Cybersecurity Advice Falls Short When: Friday, August 7th at 1:00pm Where: LVCC - L1 - Exhibit Hall West 3 - 1104 (Creator Stage 4) defcon.org/html/defcon-... 3/4
DEF CON® 34 Hacking Conference - Creator Stage Talks
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Come watch our member @redshiftzero.bsky.social's talk with Trevor Timm of the Freedom of the Press Foundation! Lessons from a decade of building whistleblower tech When: Friday, August 7th at 2:00pm Where: LVCC - L1 - Exhibit Hall West 3 - 906 (Main Track 3) defcon.org/html/defcon-... 2/4
DEF CON® 34 Hacking Conference - Main Stage Talks
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Lockdown Systems will be at DEF CON this week! ☠️🐢 Come meet our collective members @micahflee.com, @yaelwrites.com, and @redshiftzero.bsky.social at the Vegas conference, and get some stickers from us! Here's where we will be 👇️ 1/4
I wrote about agentic coding techniques: why I use it even though the AI industry is evil, stuff about open models, how I ensure high quality maintainable code, and how I sandbox agents micahflee.com/agentic-codi...
Agentic coding techniques
Since LLMs have been available, I've been doing a lot of coding using agents. Unlike shoving AI into every app, replacing customer support with chatbots, generating endless streams of slop, etc., agen...
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Okay I admit I’ve been researching how to have a single beefy computer with 1TB of RAM to be able to run GLM 5.2 locally but there’s no way I’m willing to drop the money
lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 3d agocurrent feelings around AI: the CEOs shoveling slop into everything should be in jail but the guys spending upwards of $60,000 on elaborate, janky home rigs to run local models for no reason other than to see if it works are engaging in a long and semi-honorable tradition of computer toucher shit
current feelings around AI: the CEOs shoveling slop into everything should be in jail but the guys spending upwards of $60,000 on elaborate, janky home rigs to run local models for no reason other than to see if it works are engaging in a long and semi-honorable tradition of computer toucher shit
Going to #defcon? I'm doing a book signing on Saturday at 11am for Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Leaked Data
No Starch Press@nostarchpress.bsky.social · 2w ago18 of our authors are coming to def con 34 to sign books, and 0 of them bite, as far as we know (we've checked as thoroughly as one can check). booth 1222, august 7 through 9. come say hi! #defcon #defcon34
When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
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You might get sick of hearing this but if he keeps doing it I'm gonna keep saying it: this is an unconstitutional impoundment, violating both Congress' Article I spending authority and the 1974 Impoundment Control act, and immediately impeachable.
Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2w agoTrump administration pauses $1 bln in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota www.reuters.com/world/us-hea...
gosh it's almost like we don't need pieces of shit
Polling USA@usapolling.bsky.social · 2w agoMaine - Senate Polling: 🔵 Jackson: 49% 🔴 Collins: 46%* UNH / July 20, 2026
In July 2025 we started the ICE Detention Map project to show ICE's reported detention centers. This data came from public records shared by ICE. But since April 9th 2026, ICE stopped sharing this data, entirely. Read more about what happened here: lockdown.systems/fragile-dhs-...
Fragile DHS/ICE Transparency
Starting in July 2025, we ran a project called ICEWatch that displayed data on detentions. It simply downloaded data that ICE was already publishing and rendered it on a map. Facility by facility, you...
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Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains."
ICE will keep murdering random people until Democrats stop criticizing them is... well... quite a take.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTom Homan: "It all go backs to the Dems ... there's still gonna be more bloodshed unless they shut their mouth and let ICE enforce the laws that they enacted."
If you're enjoying Cyd, you might also be interested in following Cyd's organization, Lockdown Systems! 🐢 Lockdown Systems just joined Bluesky today. On that account, we will share news about Cyd too, but also about all our numerous other projects! You can follow us at @lockdownsystems.bsky.social
Follow @lockdownsystems.bsky.social for news about the worker-owned collective I'm part of that makes @cyd.social and other cool stuff
Lockdown Systems@lockdown.systems · 3w agoWe are pleased to be joining Bluesky today with this new account! 🦋 We are Lockdown Systems, a worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy technologies to inform the public, fight surveillance, and empower people to take back control of their own data. 1/3
We are pleased to be joining Bluesky today with this new account! 🦋 We are Lockdown Systems, a worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy technologies to inform the public, fight surveillance, and empower people to take back control of their own data. 1/3
DISCLAIMER: any resemblance to Elon Musk or Tesla in this story is probably a complete coincidence
Micah Lee@micahflee.com · 3w agoRead Mandatory Update, a short story I wrote for the DEFCON creative writing contest! micahflee.com/mandatory-up...
Read Mandatory Update, a short story I wrote for the DEFCON creative writing contest! micahflee.com/mandatory-up...
Mandatory Update: A Short Story
Guess what? Lately I've been nerding out on creative writing. I even joined a local fiction writers group where we meet up at coffee shops. Like, in person! Anyway, I submitted a short story to the D...
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@defcon.bsky.social Short Story Contest Winners! 1st place- Root Access to Yourself by bak3n3k0 2nd place - The Architecture of Choice by Itolis People’s choice - My Badge Has Agency by FX Read them on the forums: forum.defcon.org/node/255899
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The entries are in for the Def Con Short Story Contest! Check out all the submissions below, listed in no particular order. Judging is underway and we'll be announcing results soon. Honestly, it's bee...
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ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
The complete elimination of Meta would yield unambiguous, far reaching benefits for global society.
Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.
